VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-18472

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability30.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-06-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references